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en-usPenn State University Relationsnews@psu.edu (Penn State News)Public invited to Undergraduate Exhibition Performing Arts Showcasehttp://news.psu.edu/story/350690/2015/03/30/arts-and-entertainment/public-invited-undergraduate-exhibition-performing
The annual Undergraduate Exhibition will hold a student Performing Arts Showcase, Tuesday evening, April 7, at 7:00 pm in Esber Recital Hall, in celebration of the creative accomplishments of Penn State undergraduate students. The 90 minute program features students in the School of Music who will perform selections for voice, flute, cello, percussion, clarinet, piano, and viola. Members of the campus and local communities are invited to attend this special event.
http://news.psu.edu/story/350690/2015/03/30/arts-and-entertainment/public-invited-undergraduate-exhibition-performingMon, 30 Mar 2015 14:44 -0400Penn State News - Arts and EntertainmentBill Doan to discuss beginnings, endings, and 'drifting' in lunchtime lecturehttp://news.psu.edu/story/350453/2015/03/30/theater/bill-doan-discuss-beginnings-endings-and-drifting-lunchtime-lecture
Please join Penn State School of Theatre Professor William Doan for a discussion of his new play, Drifting. Doan will present a Lunchtime Lecture, "Embodied Mind/Damaged Brain: The Art of Beginnings and Endings," on Wednesday April 8 at 12:10pm in the Arts and Design Research Incubator, 16 Borland.
http://news.psu.edu/story/350453/2015/03/30/theater/bill-doan-discuss-beginnings-endings-and-drifting-lunchtime-lectureMon, 30 Mar 2015 14:10 -0400Penn State News - Arts and EntertainmentInstallation project connects generations by offering glimpse of the futurehttp://news.psu.edu/story/350406/2015/03/30/arts-and-entertainment/installation-project-connects-generations-offering
The reactions were intense. Some of the participants cried, some got angry and some stood in shocked silence. The six participants were staring at themselves, digitally aged by up to 30 years. The installation project is the work of a Penn State professor, who is using technology and art to bring the young together with the old.
http://news.psu.edu/story/350406/2015/03/30/arts-and-entertainment/installation-project-connects-generations-offeringMon, 30 Mar 2015 10:45 -0400Penn State News - Arts and EntertainmentProfessor uses online data to predict future fashion trendshttp://news.psu.edu/story/350580/2015/03/30/research/professor-uses-online-data-predict-future-fashion-trends
In Heng Xu’s career, combining science and art has brought a new way of interpreting data to life — an innovation that might help consumers understand, follow and afford tomorrow’s fashion trends. Xu, an associate professor of information sciences and technology at Penn State, is collecting and analyzing data to gain insight into the needs, motivations and behaviors of the fashion industry, retailers and consumers.
http://news.psu.edu/story/350580/2015/03/30/research/professor-uses-online-data-predict-future-fashion-trendsMon, 30 Mar 2015 09:57 -0400Penn State News - Arts and Entertainment'Saturday Night Live' cast members plan comedy performance April 20http://news.psu.edu/story/350556/2015/03/30/arts-and-entertainment/saturday-night-live-cast-members-plan-comedy
Vanessa Bayer and Kate McKinnon of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" will perform at 7:30 p.m. on April 20 at the Bryce Jordan Center.
http://news.psu.edu/story/350556/2015/03/30/arts-and-entertainment/saturday-night-live-cast-members-plan-comedyMon, 30 Mar 2015 08:26 -0400Penn State News - Arts and EntertainmentState College 4th grader cast in touring Broadway production of ‘Camelot’http://news.psu.edu/story/350293/2015/03/27/arts-and-entertainment/state-college-4th-grader-cast-touring-broadway
Parker Hanawalt, a 4th grader at Radio Park Elementary School in State College, has been cast as Tom of Warwick in the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State presentation of the national tour of Lerner &amp; Loewe’s “Camelot.” The show comes to Eisenhower Auditorium for one performance at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 20.
http://news.psu.edu/story/350293/2015/03/27/arts-and-entertainment/state-college-4th-grader-cast-touring-broadwayFri, 27 Mar 2015 09:36 -0400Penn State News - Arts and EntertainmentPenn State Shenango to spotlight community talent in 'Follies' variety showhttp://news.psu.edu/story/350249/2015/03/26/arts-and-entertainment/penn-state-shenango-spotlight-community-talent
The Penn State Shenango Drama Club announced its upcoming production: “Shenango Follies: Music, Memories, and More.” This variety show will feature singers, actors, instrumentalists, writers and more from the Penn State Shenango campus community.
http://news.psu.edu/story/350249/2015/03/26/arts-and-entertainment/penn-state-shenango-spotlight-community-talentThu, 26 Mar 2015 17:36 -0400Penn State News - Arts and EntertainmentCollege of Nursing presents 'The American Nurse' documentary film April 11http://news.psu.edu/story/350166/2015/03/26/arts-and-entertainment/college-nursing-presents-american-nurse-documentary
The College of Nursing will sponsor a special public screening of the documentary film "The American Nurse" at 7 p.m. April 11, in the Galen and Nancy Dreibelbis Auditorium at Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, Pennsylvania.
http://news.psu.edu/story/350166/2015/03/26/arts-and-entertainment/college-nursing-presents-american-nurse-documentaryThu, 26 Mar 2015 13:24 -0400Penn State News - Arts and EntertainmentTalk set on 'The Visual Essay on Refinement, Finesse and Global Cuba'http://news.psu.edu/story/350042/2015/03/25/talk-set-visual-essay-refinement-finesse-and-global-cuba
At 12:30 p.m. March 30, Jacqueline Loss, professor of Latin American and comparative literary and cultural studies at the University of Connecticut, will present “Fine Illuminations: A visual Essay on Refinement, Finesse and Global Cuba,” in Room 102 of the Kern Building.
http://news.psu.edu/story/350042/2015/03/25/talk-set-visual-essay-refinement-finesse-and-global-cubaWed, 25 Mar 2015 15:08 -0400Penn State News - Arts and EntertainmentWPSX-TV 'on the air'http://news.psu.edu/story/349965/2015/03/25/arts-and-entertainment/wpsx-tv-air
As WPSU celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, we have for you a photo of WPSX-TV staff members — as part of Penn State Continuing Education’s Division of Broadcasting, which was located in Wagner Building — posing in a studio in 1966, the year after the station went on air for the first time.
http://news.psu.edu/story/349965/2015/03/25/arts-and-entertainment/wpsx-tv-airWed, 25 Mar 2015 10:05 -0400Penn State News - Arts and EntertainmentChildhood cancer to be discussed on WPSU’s ‘Conversations LIVE’ March 26http://news.psu.edu/story/349826/2015/03/25/public-events/childhood-cancer-be-discussed-wpsu%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98conversations-live%E2%80%99
Although survival rates for many cancers have improved in recent years, the causes of childhood cancer are still not well understood. Prevention, detection and treatment for childhood cancer will be examined on the next episode of WPSU Penn State’s “Conversations LIVE” at 8 p.m. on March 26.
http://news.psu.edu/story/349826/2015/03/25/public-events/childhood-cancer-be-discussed-wpsu%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98conversations-live%E2%80%99Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:00 -0400Penn State News - Arts and EntertainmentAssistant director Gregory Drane to lead Blue Bandhttp://news.psu.edu/story/349834/2015/03/24/campus-life/assistant-director-gregory-drane-lead-blue-band
Gregory Drane, assistant director of athletic bands at Penn State, has been named director of athletic bands at the University -- including the Marching Blue Band -- for a two-year term, effective July 1, 2015. Drane, who holds a master’s degree in music education from Penn State, has been part of the Athletic Bands staff and an instructor in the School of Music since 2005. He will take over the position from longtime director O. Richard Bundy, who retires in June.
http://news.psu.edu/story/349834/2015/03/24/campus-life/assistant-director-gregory-drane-lead-blue-bandTue, 24 Mar 2015 16:30 -0400Penn State News - Arts and EntertainmentTheatreworks USA to perform ‘The Lightning Thief’ April 12 at Eisenhowerhttp://news.psu.edu/story/349799/2015/03/24/arts-and-entertainment/theatreworks-usa-perform-%E2%80%98-lightning-thief%E2%80%99-april-12
New York City’s Theatreworks USA will perform “The Lightning Thief,” a musical adaptation of the first book in Rick Riordan’s popular “Percy Jackson &amp; the Olympians” series, at 2 p.m. on April 12, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
http://news.psu.edu/story/349799/2015/03/24/arts-and-entertainment/theatreworks-usa-perform-%E2%80%98-lightning-thief%E2%80%99-april-12Tue, 24 Mar 2015 13:54 -0400Penn State News - Arts and EntertainmentChicago sextet eighth blackbird to perform April 2 at Schwabhttp://news.psu.edu/story/349765/2015/03/24/arts-and-entertainment/chicago-sextet-eighth-blackbird-perform-april-2
The ensemble eighth blackbird will perform at 7:30 p.m. on April 2 in Schwab Auditorium.
http://news.psu.edu/story/349765/2015/03/24/arts-and-entertainment/chicago-sextet-eighth-blackbird-perform-april-2Tue, 24 Mar 2015 13:17 -0400Penn State News - Arts and EntertainmentEarth Fest 2015 to feature live music, puppetry, kids’ activities, and morehttp://news.psu.edu/story/349735/2015/03/24/arts-and-entertainment/earth-fest-2015-feature-live-music-puppetry-kids%E2%80%99
Adults and children of all ages are invited to join the fun as Penn State Shenango holds Earth Fest 2015 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, at the campus in downtown Sharon, Pennsylvania. The event, which offers free admission and is open to the public, will include live music and entertainment, educational presentations, children’s activities, a local artists’ market, Penn State Berkey Creamery Ice Cream, information from sustainability-minded local organizations and businesses, and a computer and cell phone recycling event. Food and coffee from Haitian Sensation and AVI will be available to purchase.
http://news.psu.edu/story/349735/2015/03/24/arts-and-entertainment/earth-fest-2015-feature-live-music-puppetry-kids%E2%80%99Tue, 24 Mar 2015 10:27 -0400Penn State News - Arts and Entertainment